Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, War Merit Cross First Class, With Swords And Crown, C. 1918 Hold The Order of Brotherhood and

The Order of Brotherhood and Unity

Friedrich August Cross 1914 2nd class

measuring 55 mm x 37 mm

as part of the 5th Submarine Flotilla at Portsmouth

Bavaria, Kingdom. An Order Of Military Merit, War Merit Cross First Class, With Swords And Crown, C. 1918 Hold The Order of Brotherhood and(Militrverdienstkreuz des Bayerischen Militrverdienstorden I. Klasse, mit Schwertern und Krone). Issued 1913 1918. A Maltese cross in gilded silver; the obverse with a central medallion bearing the crowned cipher of King Ludwig II within a border in the form of a buckled belt inscribed with lettering reading Merenti (Latin Merit); the reverse with a central medallion bearing a crowned Bavarian lion within a border in the form of a buckled belt with